Here is my second contribution of 1990 albums I listened to:
- Cowboys From Hell by Pantera (nr 22 on the overall BEA top chart of 1990): however much I liked Painkiller of Judas Priest I don't like its twin brother of 1990, Cowboys from Hell. Where the guitars on Painkiller were really top notch, this is not the case here and to me it's all a bit bland and uninspired which also goes for the singing.
- Behaviour by Pet Shop Boys (nr 23): the first track on this album I already knew, Being Boring, and the last track I didn't know, Jealousie, are good, but the rest of the album is really not the good Pet Shop Boys I know from other albums. So the final verdict is a no.
- Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 by George Michael (nr 24): I really don't like Freedom but many of the other tracks are soulful and actually not to bad but overall a bit too smooth for my taste.
The next album to listen to is Twin Infinitives by Royal Trux.
Some more albums of 1990 I listened to:
- Twin Infinitives by Royal Trux (nr 25 on the overall BEA top chart of 1990): too experimental and no real songs
- Frizzle Fry by Primus (nr 29): Too Many Puppies was somewhat of a cult hit at the time and also Mr Know It All is just at the right side of weird but good but all the rest is on the wrong side from me: I never got into Primus.
- Seasons In The Abyss by Slayer (nr 30): wow this album is good and even better than its two predecessors: it's fast and furious and even faster and furiouser, the soloing is incredible and this is about the best trash metal you can find on this planet. There is not a bad track to be found on this album and above all it is varied enough to never get boring.
- Naked City by John Zorn (nr 31): sometimes pure noise/free jazz sometimes easy listening, sometimes loungy and on the whole not really coherent nor interesting.
The next album to listen to is Facelift by Alice In Chains.
Some more albums of 1990 I listened to:
- Twin Infinitives by Royal Trux (nr 25 on the overall BEA top chart of 1990): too experimental and no real songs
- Frizzle Fry by Primus (nr 29): Too Many Puppies was somewhat of a cult hit at the time and also Mr Know It All is just at the right side of weird but good but all the rest is on the wrong side from me: I never got into Primus.
- Seasons In The Abyss by Slayer (nr 30): wow this album is good and even better than its two predecessors: it's fast and furious and even faster and furiouser, the soloing is incredible and this is about the best trash metal you can find on this planet. There is not a bad track to be found on this album and above all it is varied enough to never get boring.
- Naked City by John Zorn (nr 31): sometimes pure noise/free jazz sometimes easy listening, sometimes loungy and on the whole not really coherent nor interesting.
The next album to listen to is Facelift by Alice In Chains.
I LOVE all those albums including Facelift. I can only listen to Naked City and Twin Infinitives when I'm in the right mood though. Frizzle Fry though is one of my faves for the year along with Seasons for the Abyss. Facelift was one of my faves to rock out to as well. Facelift catches Alice In Chains in a neat little position between (good) hair metal and grunge and it totally works.
This is my last contribution for albums of 1990 I listened to:
- Facelift by Alice In Chains (nr 35 on the overall BEA top chart of 1990): this album is to me just boring and hasn't stood the test of time: certainly not the best grunge around.
- People's Instinctive Travels And The Paths Of Rhythm by A Tribe Called Quest (nr 37): again a rap album I don't really like
- Bellybutton by Jellyfish (nr 38 ): I was a bit in limbo on this album: it's sugary powerpop and sometimes it's even filled with hooks and catchy but then there comes another cheesy bit and finally I decided not to include this album in my personal top chart of 1990
- Crazy World by Scorpions (nr 39): I'm a big fan of their earlier albums but this one is just bad and only a shadow of what they used to represent. Including bad slows like Winds of Change doesn't help.
- Social Distortion by Social Distortion (nr 40 and the last album to have a better overall BEA rank better than 2500: yes Mercury): I must admit I only know the band from Story Of My Life, a song that went on and on in Guitar Hero (I tried hard to learn real guitar but I think I was too old when I started so I had to revert to the unreal thing 😉 ). I thought I would not like the track outside the Guitar Hero context but it surprised me by being very interesting after all and this also counts for the other tracks on this album. This just good American powerpunk, not outstanding but just very good.
And this concludes my journey through the year 1990, not the worst year in rock history and did make some new discoveries (albums not band) but mainly in the metal genre type Slayer and Judas Priest.
This is the final verdict with at the start the overall BEA rank and after that the BEA year rank and my personal rank before and after this listening session:
BEA Rank Title By Band BEA YearRank - My Rank before To My Rank after
8958 Swagger By The Blue Aeroplanes 154 - 1 To 1
1876 Blue Sky Mining By Midnight Oil 33 - 2 To 2
481 Goo By Sonic Youth 6 - 3 To 3
15184 Eroica By Wendy & Lisa 237 - 5 To 4
13709 Black Sheets Of Rain By Bob Mould 216 - 4 To 5
1147 Reading, Writing & Arithmetic By The Sundays 17 - 6 To 6
1388 Pod By The Breeders 20 - 7 To 7
385 Bossanova By Pixies 4 - 8 To 8
3074 Vision Thing By The Sisters Of Mercy 52 - 9 To 9
8903 Dear 23 By The Posies 153 - 10 To 10
29243 Pastoral Hide And Seek By The Gun Club 468 - 11 To 11
3011 The House Of Love (The Butterfly Album) By The House Of Love 49 - 12 To 12
20247 Stuck Together With Gods Glue By Something Happens 326 - 13 To 13
5923 Life By Inspiral Carpets 101 - 15 To 14
6267 Brick By Brick By Iggy Pop 105 - 16 To 15
5054 Wrong Way Up By Brian Eno And John Cale 85 - 17 To 16
1869 Songs For Drella By Lou Reed & John Cale 32 - 18 To 17
50900 Hier En Nu By De Kreuners 833 - 20 To 18
644 The La's By The La's 9 - 19 To 19
15050 Joy 1967-1990 By Ultra Vivid Scene 231 - 21 To 20
53263 Naked And Still Hungry By Rudolf Hecke 873 - 22 To 21
1783 Seasons In The Abyss By Slayer 30 - To listen To 22
901 Flood By They Might Be Giants 13 - 23 To 23
2459 Social Distortion By Social Distortion 40 - To listen To 24
7015 All Shook Down By The Replacements 118 - 24 To 25
4757 Submarine Bells By The Chills 80 - 25 To 26
30395 Hell To Pay By The Jeff Healey Band 487 - 26 To 27
755 Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches By Happy Mondays 11 - 27 To 28
1055 The Good Son By Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds 15 - 28 To 29
683 Repeater By Fugazi 10 - To listen To 30
1431 Bona Drag By Morrissey 21 - 29 To 31
1363 Painkiller By Judas Priest 19 - To listen To 32
1002 I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got By Sinéad O'Connor 14 - 14 To 33
1135 Shake Your Money Maker By The Black Crowes 16 - 30 To 34
10881 A Catholic Education By Teenage Fanclub 184 - 31 To 35
1729 The Rhythm Of The Saints By Paul Simon 27 - 32 To 36
65959 Parole D'amore Scritte A Macchina By Paolo Conte 1064 - 33 To 37
364 Nowhere By Ride 3 - 34 To 38
8789 Dave Stewart And The Spiritual Cowboys By Dave Stewart And The Spiritual Cowboys 148 - 35 To 39
3055 Goodbye Jumbo By World Party 51 - 36 To 40
136 Violator By Depeche Mode 1 - To listen To 41
29806 The Winding Sheet By Mark Lanegan 478 - 37 To 42
16159 Fresh Evidence By Rory Gallagher 255 - 38 To 43
59101 Ten Spot By Shudder To Think 953 - 39 To 44
439 Rust In Peace By Megadeth 5 - 40 To 44
355 Heaven Or Las Vegas By Cocteau Twins 2 - To listen To A No
483 Ritual De Lo Habitual By Jane's Addiction 7 - To listen To A No
603 Fear Of A Black Planet By Public Enemy 8 - To listen To A No
880 Cancion Animal By Soda Stereo 12 - To listen To A No
1593 Cowboys From Hell By Pantera 23 - To listen To A No
1618 Behaviour By Pet Shop Boys 24 - To listen To A No
1534 Twin Infinitives By Royal Trux 22 - To listen To A No
1620 Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 By George Michael 25 - To listen To A No
1777 Frizzle Fry By Primus 29 - To listen To A No
1813 Naked City By John Zorn 31 - To listen To A No
2002 Facelift By Alice In Chains 35 - To listen To A No
2175 People's Instinctive Travels And The Paths Of Rhythm By A Tribe Called Quest 37 - To listen To A No
2288 Bellybutton By Jellyfish 38 - To listen To A No
2455 Crazy World By Scorpions 39 - To listen To A No
And like always I'll skip another five years to arrive at 1995.
MercuryTurn your back on the pay-you-back last callProfile St. Louis
myyyyy man! I'm glad you at least enjoyed Social Distortion!
I was a bit afraid I wouldn't like it because my experience is (especially also on this journey) that American westcoast punk albums which didn't catch on in Europe didn't catch on just because they're not really good. This is certainly an exception so thanks for the tip Mercury
MercuryTurn your back on the pay-you-back last callProfile St. Louis
I was a bit afraid I wouldn't like it because my experience is (especially also on this journey) that American westcoast punk albums which didn't catch on in Europe didn't catch on just because they're not really good. This is certainly an exception so thanks for the tip Mercury
Yeah I feel you. It's not revolutionary or mind expanding or particularly interesting music. It's just pretty straight forward rock/punk/country stuff. But Mike Ness is so into it and sincere I always feel a bit swept up in the overall "fudge yeah!!! ROCK AND ROLL!" Aspect of it. Their next album "Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell" is basically more of the same, but I think they hmade their masterpiece there. It's just a great rock, Clash meets Cash record. Both are really. _________________ -Ryan
BEA Rank Title By Band BEA YearRank - My Rank before To My Rank after
8958 Swagger By The Blue Aeroplanes 154 - 1 To 1
1876 Blue Sky Mining By Midnight Oil 33 - 2 To 2
481 Goo By Sonic Youth 6 - 3 To 3
15184 Eroica By Wendy & Lisa 237 - 5 To 4
13709 Black Sheets Of Rain By Bob Mould 216 - 4 To 5
1147 Reading, Writing & Arithmetic By The Sundays 17 - 6 To 6
1388 Pod By The Breeders 20 - 7 To 7
385 Bossanova By Pixies 4 - 8 To 8
3074 Vision Thing By The Sisters Of Mercy 52 - 9 To 9
8903 Dear 23 By The Posies 153 - 10 To 10
29243 Pastoral Hide And Seek By The Gun Club 468 - 11 To 11
3011 The House Of Love (The Butterfly Album) By The House Of Love 49 - 12 To 12
20247 Stuck Together With Gods Glue By Something Happens 326 - 13 To 13
5923 Life By Inspiral Carpets 101 - 15 To 14
6267 Brick By Brick By Iggy Pop 105 - 16 To 15
5054 Wrong Way Up By Brian Eno And John Cale 85 - 17 To 16
1869 Songs For Drella By Lou Reed & John Cale 32 - 18 To 17
50900 Hier En Nu By De Kreuners 833 - 20 To 18
644 The La's By The La's 9 - 19 To 19
15050 Joy 1967-1990 By Ultra Vivid Scene 231 - 21 To 20
53263 Naked And Still Hungry By Rudolf Hecke 873 - 22 To 21
1783 Seasons In The Abyss By Slayer 30 - To listen To 22
901 Flood By They Might Be Giants 13 - 23 To 23
2459 Social Distortion By Social Distortion 40 - To listen To 24
7015 All Shook Down By The Replacements 118 - 24 To 25
4757 Submarine Bells By The Chills 80 - 25 To 26
30395 Hell To Pay By The Jeff Healey Band 487 - 26 To 27
755 Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches By Happy Mondays 11 - 27 To 28
1055 The Good Son By Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds 15 - 28 To 29
683 Repeater By Fugazi 10 - To listen To 30
1431 Bona Drag By Morrissey 21 - 29 To 31
1363 Painkiller By Judas Priest 19 - To listen To 32
1002 I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got By Sinéad O'Connor 14 - 14 To 33
1135 Shake Your Money Maker By The Black Crowes 16 - 30 To 34
10881 A Catholic Education By Teenage Fanclub 184 - 31 To 35
1729 The Rhythm Of The Saints By Paul Simon 27 - 32 To 36
65959 Parole D'amore Scritte A Macchina By Paolo Conte 1064 - 33 To 37
364 Nowhere By Ride 3 - 34 To 38
8789 Dave Stewart And The Spiritual Cowboys By Dave Stewart And The Spiritual Cowboys 148 - 35 To 39
3055 Goodbye Jumbo By World Party 51 - 36 To 40
136 Violator By Depeche Mode 1 - To listen To 41
29806 The Winding Sheet By Mark Lanegan 478 - 37 To 42
16159 Fresh Evidence By Rory Gallagher 255 - 38 To 43
59101 Ten Spot By Shudder To Think 953 - 39 To 44
439 Rust In Peace By Megadeth 5 - 40 To 44
.
That's an awesome top 44!!! Just show that 1990 rules. My list would look completely different and if I could make year charts this would probably inspire to do my own. Maybe I'll come back with my top ten a little later just for fun.
Okay, It was impossible for me to whittle it down to just a top ten without actually listening to the records again. since I'm in a mellow state of mind, that's impossible rn. lol.
So, here's what I could muster...
Tilly's favorite albums of 1990
1. Galaxie 500 - This Is Our Music
2. Megadeth - Rust In Peace
3. Jesus Lizard - Head
4. Ride - Nowhere
5. A Tribe Called Quest - People's Instinctive Travels And The Paths Of Rhythm
6. The Posies - Dear 23
7. Fugazi - Repeater
8. Nick Cave - The Good Son
9. Sonic Youth - Goo
10. Slayer - Seasons in The Abyss
11. The La’s - The’s La’s
12. Ice Cube - AmeriKKKa’s Most Wanted
13. Uncle Tupelo - No Depression
14. Primus - Frizzle Fry
15. The Flaming Lips - In A Priest Driven Ambulance
16. Helmet - Strap It On
17. Cocteau Twins - Heaven Or Las Vegas
18. The Breeders - Pod
19. The Gories - I Know U Fine, But How u Doin’
20. Loop - A Gilded Eternity
21. Bob Mould - Black Sheets of Rain
22. Codeine - Frigid Stars
23. Teenage Fanclub - A Catholic Education
24. Mark Lanegan - The Winding Sheet
25. Ween - God Ween Satan: the Oneness
Hopefully between the two of us, Dihansse, we'll get Mercury to reconsider 1990 just a bit. 😁
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